Definitions of splitter
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a worker who splits fish and removes the backbone
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type of:
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worker
a person who works at a specific occupation
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worker
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a laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences
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synonyms:
rail-splitter
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type of:
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jack, laborer, labourer, manual laborer
someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
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jack, laborer, labourer, manual laborer
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a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics
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synonyms:
divider
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Antonyms:
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lumper
a taxonomist who classifies organisms into large groups on the basis of major characteristics
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type of:
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systematist, taxonomer, taxonomist
a biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior
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lumper
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